This week, workplace correspondent David Marin-Guzman and legal reporter Janek Drevikovsky on how litigants are using AI to level the playing field, what it means for judges, and the business of law.

This podcast is sponsored by Ripple

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AI wins landmark Fair Work Commission case for Macquarie academic When Macquarie University computing academic Greg Baker decided to represent himself in a legal dispute with his employer in October, his knowledge of workplace laws was close to zero, he concedes.

A tiny AI law firm beat the taxman – and may have shrunk your tax billFor a two-person law firm, going head-to-head with the taxman is a Herculean task. Four or five senior barristers said it was impossible. Michael Drummond simply consulted Rachel, his tiny firm’s homemade artificial intelligence bot.

Lawyers go to war with clients who force-feed them AI slopIn her 30 years as a tax lawyer, Tania Waterhouse has never seen anything like it. The case was a straightforward ATO matter. The client – an ordinary taxpayer. Waterhouse did the work and, as a standard courtesy, sent the client a draft of her advice.

This week, workplace correspondent David Marin-Guzman and legal reporter Janek Drevikovsky on how litigants are using AI to level the playing field, what it means for judges, and the business of law.
This podcast is sponsored by <a href="https://ripple.com/">Ripple</a> Further reading:
<a href="https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/ai-wins-landmark-fair-work-commission-case-for-macquarie-academic-20260813-p60o1m?utm_source=omny&amp;utm_medium=podcast_notes&amp;utm_campaign=the_fin&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_term=newsroom">AI wins landmark Fair Work Commission case for Macquarie academic</a> When Macquarie University computing academic Greg Baker decided to represent himself in a legal dispute with his employer in October, his knowledge of workplace laws was close to zero, he concedes.
<a href="https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/how-upstart-law-firm-used-ai-to-beat-the-taxman-20260916-p60xxy?utm_source=omny&amp;utm_medium=podcast_notes&amp;utm_campaign=the_fin&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_term=newsroom">A tiny AI law firm beat the taxman &ndash; and may have shrunk your tax bill</a> For a two-person law firm, going head-to-head with the taxman is a Herculean task. Four or five senior barristers said it was impossible. Michael Drummond simply consulted Rachel, his tiny firm&rsquo;s homemade artificial intelligence bot.
<a href="https://www.afr.com/companies/professional-services/lawyers-go-to-war-with-clients-who-force-them-to-sit-through-ai-slop-20261016-p615oo?utm_source=omny&amp;utm_medium=podcast_notes&amp;utm_campaign=the_fin&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_term=newsroom">Lawyers go to war with clients who force-feed them AI slop</a> In her 30 years as a tax lawyer, Tania Waterhouse has never seen anything like it. The case was a straightforward ATO matter. The client &ndash; an ordinary taxpayer. Waterhouse did the work and, as a standard courtesy, sent the client a draft of her advice.

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